EditorialNecessary foreign entanglements:
Steven Martinovich argues that sometimes it is necessary to get involved
in foreign wars, especially if we like having alliesAtlas shrugged at Boeing: It doesn't
happen often enough these days, but someone who actually deserved to go
on strike did, writes Joe SchembrieThe Gore-Bush debate: Can't wait
until Dubya and Gore meet up in their first formal debate? Henry Lamb
imagines what a debate on environmental issues would sound likeFree Trade: The Golden Calf of the
Republican Party: Capitalism without Christianity is like a fish with
a bicycle, says Steve Farrell. Unless we want to prove Charles Dickens
right, it's time to change thatWhere's the small government?:
Republicans, Democrats and nearly everyone else agree, smaller government
is better. W. James Antle III wants to know where it isConflict of interest: St. Patrick's
Day may be past but the debate over gays and their participation in parades
isn't over. Linda Prussen-Razzano gives us her takeMeet the new Al Gore: Nicholas
Sanchez says when it comes to campaign finance reform, the new Al Gore
is much like the old Al Gore..."born again" or notNRA charges reveal bitter feelings:
Dr. Michael S. Brown writes that it's not surprising that Wayne LaPierre
unleashed a tirade against Bill Clinton considering what gun owners have
had to put up with over the last few yearsHe doesn't miss a beat: Bill Clinton
never stops promoting his gun control agenda and Republicans should never
stop fighting it, says Scott TibbsThe Hastert philosophy: Under-promise
and over-deliver: Though he's loathe to do it for anyone, Paul Weyrich
offers some words of praise for Speaker Dennis HastertThugs still reign in Taxachusetts:
53-year old nurse Linda Hamilton brandished a handgun after she felt her
life was in danger and then told the police.Vin Suprynowicz tells us what
happened nextBill Kristol goes party-building:
Was William Kristol and David Brock's plan to rebuild the Republican Party
via John McCain wrong? W. James Antle III answers that and other questionsYou don't need to know: Wonder what's
in that trade deal signed with China a few months ago? You know about
as much as Charles Bloomer does, or rather, as much as the White House
has allowed you to knowHe'll be back: Super Tuesday doesn't
herald the last sighting of John McCain, writes Joe Schembrie, and he
thinks he knows who will bring America's favourite war hero back to lifeI'm for Bush. Is the GOP?: The
contest is over and Al Gore is now taking shots at George W. Bush exclusively.
Alan Caruba says it is now time to throw your support behind BushAmerica: a "fascilist" country?:
Is America a "fascilist" nation? As Henry Lamb defines the word,
it may just be. Hint: It's about the land someone is buying upThat 70s Book: Sean Hackbarth
reviews David Frum's latest literary effort and comes away, despite some
minor flaws, impressedThe Café Constitution: Firearms:
Diane Alden details how many are picking and choosing what they like from
America's constitution, rather than taking it as a wholeGovernment intervention in marketplace
harms consumers: The AOL/Time Warner deal proves we don't need government
intervention in the economy, says Amy Ridenour. Too bad it hasn't stopped
it thoughThe myth of the wasted vote: Erik
Jay disputes the notion that a vote can be wasted, but at the same time,
he's not impressed enough to believe that any one cast vote is usefulWill that be a Porsche or a pony?:
Libertarian Scott Carpenter says that when it comes to conservatives and
liberals, the only difference on the road to hell is how long takes to
complete the journeyBush, McCain... and Keyes?: Although
his campaign will likely come to an end after Super Tuesday, W. James
Antle III heaps some praise on Alan Keyes"Strategic Partnership" -- bought
and paid for: Foreign policy certainly can be confusing, writes Charles
Bloomer, but America's partnership with China is simply -- and seriously
-- flawedThe Bush-McCain contest continues:
George W. Bush isn't only running against John McCain, he's also running
against the press, reports Robert McFarland Budget 2000: What's there, what's not
there: Walter Robinson digests Canada's latest federal budget and
comes away less than filledLibertarians and vegetarians: Erik
Jay says that John McCain's dismissive attitude about libertarians stands
on stark contrast to what they have already accomplishedIn support of the Feds - Indianapolis Baptist
Temple vs IRS: In the battle between the IRS and the Indianapolis
Baptist Temple, Lewis J. Goldberg is standing with the governmentStrike three: Timothy Rollins gives
us his take on Darryl Strawberry's recent suspension -- his third -- for
using cocaineAbove the law: Scott Carpenter
believes that Boston Bruins defenceman Marty McSorley should be charged
for his slash to Donald Brashear in the interests of justiceNo beef and no sanity: John McCain's
campaign is full of bun but has precious little meat between them, says
Joe SchembrieSwastikas not required: When it comes
to hate, says Linda Prussen-Razzano, it makes little difference who the
hater isGet ready for global governance:
The year 2000 is a busy one for those working towards global governance,
says Henry Lamb, and you can find out all about it on the webShifting mindsets: So we won't
spy on each other in the 21st century because morality will govern our
behavior? Lisa S. Dean isn't convincedNAACP not ready for prime time: It
would be nice if television included more African-Americans, especially
in meaningful roles, but Deroy Murdock is curious why the NAACP seems
more concerned about fictional black characters than real black peoplePublic transportation - the wrong antidote:
Public transportation will never replace the private automobile, argues
Joe Roessler, and for good reasonA battle against prosperity: Steve
Martinovich has had all he's going to take when it comes to Arianna Huffington's
campaign to be America's queen of compassionTheir true colors: The way Vin Suprynowicz
sees it, it's shocking that the Republicans actually came up with a good
idea to improve education. It's not shocking that the Democrats are opposed
to it.Panama Canal: China's gateway to Mexico?
: The Chinese won't be installing submarine bases in Panama now that
they control the canal, writes Peter Zhang. Why would they have to?What I didn't expect when I got married:
For richer or for poorer? Definitely poorer, says David W. Almasi, especially
with the marriage taxBush's reality slap: Remember Darva
Conger from Fox's Who Wants to Marry A Multimillionaire? W. James
Antle III says she reminds him a lot of the Republican Party these daysCandidate of the Dark Side:
John McCain as Luke Skywalker? Joe Schembrie says not quite. Remember
who Annakin Skywalker grew up intoCampaign soldiers: Scott T. Hiestand
has a problem with candidates and politicians who bring up their military
service to defend themselves or dodge answering a questionSpies, Lies, Echelon, Economics, &
People: S.L.E.E.P.: In the third part of her series in global spy
network Echelon, Diane Alden speaks with a former employee in the defence-intelligence
industry and Congressman Bob BarrInternational law, UN conferences, and
national sovereignty: Antonia Feitz has no problem with international
organizations...just supra-national world governmentsThe Odd Couple: Modern Hollywood and
the military: It's funny that Defense Secretary William Cohen is going
to Hollywood on behalf of the military, writes Joe Roessler, considering
the dichotomy of those two worldsA better constitution: That America's
Constitution is a beautiful thing is undoubted, but Lewis J. Goldberg
offers some praise for another constitution that America saw onceTidbits ESR gives you the news
items that you may have missed...or the ones the newspapers, magazines,
or TV anchors didn't think you needed to hearFarmers for economic freedom Updates
about farmers fighting for economic freedom in western Canada Site of the Month
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EditorialRATS -- The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
strikes again!: Joe Schembrie fesses up: a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
does exist and is trying to manipulate weak-minded voters into voting
for George W. BushLet them debate: Steve Martinovich
is tired of the excuses. Let Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader and Harry Browne
into the debates to make it interesting. That and it would merely serve
to promote a real dialogueClinton's legacy already defined:
Pointy heads arguing about Bill Clinton's legacy can give it a rest. Lisa
Dean knows exactly what it isPresident who?: It is entirely
possible that Al Gore and George W. Bush receive the same number of electoral
votes. Bruce Walker explores what could happen if that comes to pass"What I said was not what I said when I
said it...": Democratic Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
took foot A and placed it in mouth B recently, writes Shelley McKinney,
earning her few friends in her own partyIs Gore dragging Bush leftward?:
Angie Wheeler has a warning for George W. Bush: Sound like Al Gore and
you risk giving him more validity with votersBush's 'different kind' of environmentalism:
Steve Farrell explores what George W. Bush means when he claims to be
a different kind of conservative. As you can expect, it's not goodAmerica's Middle East linchpin under
siege: Think the Shah of Iran's fall created problems for the West?
Steve Martinovich reviews A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey Through the
World of Militant Islam and comes away real worriedThe radicalization of America's gun
culture: America's gun owners can only be squeezed so much, writes
Dr. Michael S. Brown, before things begin to happen. It's only a matter
of timeWere the founders a pack of thieves?:
Where America's Founding Fathers merely a pack of thieves? It's a hard
truth but Vin Suprynowicz says that some of them were indeed thievesDubya and the courts: Don't get too
excited: Douglas Newman isn't convinced by arguments that George W.
Bush needs to win in order to safeguard America's judicial system. Judging
by their records, neither Bush nor the Republicans have much to brag aboutRepublicans should learn from Lazio:
Remember Rick Lazio? Nicholas Sanchez says his performance against Hillary
Clinton should be a lesson in how to debate for other Republican candidatesWhatever happened to limited government?:
W. James Antle III wants to know what happened to the Constitution's guarantee
of limited government because the way things look now, there's not much
actually being limitedThe scene of the thought crime: David
Bardallis goes stream of consciousness with thoughts on RATS, Gloria Steinem,
the elderly and Fidel Castro...among other thingsThe trillion dollar propaganda machine:
If George W. Bush actually wins the election in November, it will be because
he managed to overcome the propaganda efforts of a trillion dollar industry,
writes Joe SchembrieMajor-league media offensiveness:
W. James Antle III says George W. Bush was wrong to call reporter Adam
Clymer an a-----e. He should have used that word to describe all journalistsWill Bush bounce back?: Paul
Weyrich wonders whether the George W. Bush train has finally derailed
or is it just another bump in the road for the GOP's favourite sonThe fading of feminism: Ally McBeal
didn't put the stake in the heart of feminism, but the recent marriage
of Gloria Steinem certainly proves the TV character is more real to women
then that movement, writes Timothy RollinsArming the United Nations: Charles
Bloomer has some questions he would like to be answered before a United
Nations rapid deployment force is organizedEnvironmentalism: A globalist tool
for tyranny: There is nothing wrong with keeping the place clean,
says Steve Farrell, but the average person should be responsible for sweeping
up after themselves and not the United NationsHunger in America: Lies, damn lies and
statistics: What is this week's media crusade? Why hunger of course.
Erik Jay has a problem with how the issue is being reported by the mediaAOL censors out Second Amendment
rights: Leading online provider America Online seems to think that
guns are equivalent to child pornography, writes Lisa Dean, which means
users of that service are being prevented from buying and selling arms
and ammunitionTalk is cheap: George S. Kulas is
less than impressed by the words of George W. Bush and Al Gore when it
comes to America's military readiness. It's time for actionTime: The true tax burden: Taxation
isn't simply a question of money, writes Bruce Walker, but also about
something even more important: timeNevadans may get to vote on state
income tax: Vin Suprynowicz details an attempt by teachers in Nevada
to bring in a state income tax, something that is illegal. How are they
doing it? By not calling it an income taxPitman Tom: Kevin Avram's childhood
and the characters that populated his small town has helped understand
why people dislike partisanshipClass warfare quiz: Capitalist tool
or Dick Gephardt? Find out which one you are by taking Stephen Moore's
class warfare quiz!George W. making promises let's
hope he won't keep: It's happened again. Whenever a Republican is
running neck and neck with a Democrat, they inevitably develop the affliction
known as "Me too-ism." Nicholas Sanchez fills us in about the
diseaseChina now menaces the world's oil
supply: Nuclear weapons, a large military, plans to radically expand
the size of their navy, aggressive posturing, espionage. If that isn't
enough, don't forget China also could significantly disrupt the world's
oil supply, writes Joe SchembrieThe fiscal responsibility facade:
If you listen to the Democrats, you'd think they were the paladins of
fiscal responsibility. W. James Antle III knows betterHow the "Green Machine" took control:
Henry Lamb details how the environmentalist movement took control of public
policy away at all levels of government, national and internationalPestilential, preposterous PETA: Shelley
McKinney takes on PETA and it's assaults on Rosie O'Donnell, Rudy Giuliani
and Christianity. Have a hamburger while you're reading itThe attack on our submarines:
It's not a question of whether women are fit to serve their nation, explains
Charles Bloomer on the issue of placing them in submarines, but whether
their service would make things better or worseClinton strives to secure a legacy:
What does Bill Clinton want as his legacy? Paul Weyrich says it's not
what he's done in the past, but what he wants to do in the future that
he's hanging his name onIs USDA an 'out-of-control muenster'?:
It was bad enough when Europeans got their bureaucrats to work on the
free market, but now it's happening in the United States as well, writes
Vin SuprynowiczIt's all in the family: The National
Education Association is a union, states Ed Rauchut, which means they
advocate for their members and not educationUnited we stand: No habla Ingles?
No problema! Thanks to Executive Order 13166, not speaking English is
a protected right, says Timothy RollinsScouts at the barricades: The argument
isn't whether the Boy Scouts are right in banning gays from joining, writes
John Guthmiller, but whether they have the right to do soJubilee year for deadbeat tyrants?:
Erik Jay considers a Clinton plan to wipe out the debts of third world
nations and what a move like that really meansTurning on "The Capitalism Show":
Now that Richard Hatch has won on CBS' Survivor, Joe Schembrie thinks
that network television should create a game show to explain capitalismKursk: A trust betrayed: The tragedy
of the sinking of the Kursk was the deaths of 118 brave men. The reality
of what happened during the rescue attempt shows Russia has a long way
to go before they reclaim the mantle of superpower, writes Charles BloomerAn open letter to George W. Bush:
Is George W. Bush losing faith in his ability to beat Al Gore? Peter J.
Fusco has a few things to say to the GOP nominee for president The greatest document of the American
gun debate: Dr. Michael S. Brown reviews some of the documents which
have pondered the Second Amendment and has come up with what he thinks
is the best to dateIt's a good thing music doesn't affect
anyone: Rage Against the Machine answers those critics who say music
doesn't affect people, writes Thomas L. JippingDestroyer of worlds: The pagan utopia
of environmentalism and its supporters in government is increasingly being
challenged by the average person, says Diane AldenRomantic criminals, criminal romantics:
The regulation of the Internet shows the dichotomy between the law and
order conservatives and those who resist using the total power of the
state to fight crime, writes Paul FallavollitaSanctifying the expansion of federal
power: Vin Suprynowicz reviews the career of journalist Jim Bovard
and his fight to expose the truth behind big governmentA Reckoning With Destiny: Joyce
Mucci reviews Jack Cashill's 2006: The Chautauqua Rising, a book
she says is filled with characters she'd be happy to invite over for Sunday
dinnerIf birth control were retroactive...:
Shelley McKinney weighs in on the increasing stupidity of popular culture
and getting $5 000 to name your child IUMAAll about the bounce: Timothy Rollins
explains the bounce that Al Gore received after the Democratic convention,
one that he wasn't at all impressed byGlobal warming? Nevermind!:
Dr. James E. Hansen is proven wrong about global warming and carbon dioxide.
His response? Alan Caruba says it's not too dissimilar to Saturday Night
Live's Emily LitellaOn revealing Reagan: The love letters
of Ronald and Nancy Reagan may be considered too saccharine these days,
but W. James Antle III praises them for what they say about love then
and what it is todayShouldn't we repeal the gun laws ...
if it'll save a single child?: Fourteen year old Jessica Carpenter
could have saved two of her family from being murdered in their beds.
The problem? Vin Suprynowicz says the guns were locked up because of state
lawsViolence Policy Center contradicts Gore:
Why has Al Gore stopped talking about gun control during the presidential
election? Dr. Michael S. Brown thinks it may have something to do with
the Violence Policy CenterWhere there is fire, someone is blowing
smoke: A.C. Kleinheider says that the last thing we need is the state
getting involved in matters of raising children even more than they already
areRapid retroactive Republican revenue
rebate: Bruce Walker argues that George W. Bush and the rest of the
Republicans should promote and make reality a permanent tax cut. Enough
abstract arguments, just appeal to a person's self-interestPlans for Dubya: A visit to George
W. Bush's web site reveals a comprehensive set of plans if he gets elected.
Douglas Newman has some suggestions for Bush that make more sense A letter to Alec Baldwin: If Alec
Baldwin and Kim Basinger really wants to leave the United States if George
W. Bush wins in November, Shelley McKinney has some advice for themJust War Doctrine: The better choice:
Steve Farrell examines the doctrines of Just War and Offensive War. The
first used to be the cornerstone of America's foreign policy and earned
the respect of the worldRussia's transformation has only just
begun: Forget all of those media reports describing Russia as being
on the edge. Paul M. Weyrich says what's going on there is simply miraculousGore's oil game: Just how dumb are
the voters?: Joe Schembrie is of the opinion that Al Gore's call to
tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is more than a little suspiciousBlack gold & green lies: Alan Caruba
has pretty well had it with Al Gore's out and out lying about the reasons
for high gas prices and what it could mean for the United States No vote on "The Internet Gambling
Prohibition Act": Lisa Dean is happy that the Republican leadership
stood up to a few of its own members and refused to allow H.R. 3125 to
be put on the calendar for a vote this sessionTidbits ESR gives you the news
items that you may have missed...or the ones the newspapers, magazines,
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